

“If you have an open relationship where you’re allowed to have sex outside the relationship, but no feelings, having a secret emotional relationship with someone would be a form of mirco-cheating.” sharing personal details about sexual tastes, kinks, and fantasies with someone who isn’t your partnerĮngle calls out that micro-cheating isn’t exclusive to monogamous relationships.muting someone or deleting a text exchange so your partner won’t find out you’re chatting.

paying more attention to someone who isn’t your partner than your actual partner at a party.always replying to a specific person’s Instagram story.This means that anything from downloading the new dating app Lex “just to check it out!” to playing with a friend’s hair, double-tapping an ex’s Instagram photo, or having regular, ahem, extended lunches with a co-worker could count. Again, it all depends on what things count as cheating in your relationship.
